SACT 2, 023

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128980

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128980.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
a-da gub-ba
e sa-dur2-ra a-sza3 igi-e2-mah-sze3
ugula lu2-szara2
kiszib3 a-kal-la
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu szu-suen lugal
a-a-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ukken-ne2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 023. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128980) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128980..

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